People Please! For all that is holy!
When attending a funeral for a non-family member, remember to NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER sit in the front row seats where family are sitting. Unless you have been personally asked to sit beside family members, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE sit in the front row.
The front row is for FAMILY ONLY. In fact, if it is a big family, it is common courtesy to sit a few rows back to allow the front rows for the family. I have only been to 6 funerals, but without anyone having to tell me, I knew instinctively that the front row is for FAMILY!
Now let me explain why I am yelling at you all!
I was a Pall Barer for my Pop, so I with my cousin 'Grub' and two of my brothers, carried Pop's casket into the chapel. Once the casket was placed onto the slab/table/thing, I went to find a seat with my family. Three people who I barely knew, and who I know hardly knew my Pop were sitting with my family.
Because they would not move, I with my loving other half- Splad, were then left with no option but to sit on the other side of the chapel, away from my family. It was very painful to sit, isolated from my family, where I was not able to comfort them, and I could have no comfort from them.
I watched across from me, as my brother sat crying, and feeling utterly helpless. I wanted to sit with them so much. And I Kritically resent the three no-body's who chose to steal from me, what I count as my right to comfort my loved ones at such an important and painful time.
Please if you take anything away from my blog, let it be this important request. Please allow family to sit together.
Kritikal.
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